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CONTENTS Page 



COVER ILLIISTKATION— i'aitial View of the Rhodo- 

 demiroii Ravine in Highland Park. Rochester, N. Y. 



NOTKS ON (niLTURK OF FLORISTS' STOCK— Chrys- 

 anthenuinis -~ Kibronsi'ooted Hogonias — Orchids — 

 Primulas — Rambler Roses — Value of Records — John 

 J. M. h'liin-ll 37 



MONlvSHOOUS AND THEIR VALUE FOR THE GAR- 

 DEN— Kii/Kin/ A"o/Ac— Illustrated 38 



COVER ILLUSTRATION 38 



ROSE GROWING UNHER GLASS— Buying Some 

 Novelties — Winter Syringing — Using Lime — Soil for 

 Potting— Leaf Mold— The Cold Weather— A r«/i«r C. 

 Rueiika 39 



PRIVATE. PROFESSIONAL OR COMMERCIAL— 

 WHICH?— F. K. I'tilmrr 41 



BOOMING THE PANAMA-PACIFIC 41 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY- Annual Meeting 

 and Exhibition — Premium List — New York to 

 Cleveland 42 



CLUBS AND SOCIETIES; 



Horticultural Society of New York 43 



Lenox Horticultural Society — Florists" Club of Phila- 

 delphia — Society of American Florists 44 



Club and Society Notes 55 



NEW HEAD OF FLORITCULTURE AT AMHERST 

 — Portrait 46 



OP INTEREST TO RETAIL FLORISTS: 



Sounds Natural — Steamer Departures 48 



Flowers by Telegraph — New Flower Stores 49 



Henrv Penn's .\dvonture 51 



TESTIMONIAL TO E. H. WILSON 51 



FLOWER .MARKET REPORTS: 



Boston. ButTalo. Chicago. Cincinnati 53 



New York, Philadelphia. St. Louis. Washington 55 



OBITUARY — Sir Trevor Lawrence. Portrait — Ralph 

 G. Shrigley — Mrs. Melluian — Mrs. Wm. Scott — Mrs. 

 Henrv Engler 60 



MISCELLANEOUS: 



A New Azalea 41 



Catalogues Received 46 



Chicago Notes — Philadelphia Notes — Washington 



Notes" 50 



Business Embarrassment 51 



Personal 51 



During Recess 62 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 62 



News Notes (i2 



Only ten weeks until the New York 



A word International Flower Show will open 



for New York its doors. Much must be done in the 



jneantime if this important afiEair is 



to attain the proportions and the surpassing success 



which all are so anxious that it should attain. While 



this enterprise is, in a way, localized, and while its pro- 

 jectors liavc made no effort to extend the guarantee sub- 

 scription beyond the immediate neighborhood of New 

 York, yet the entire horticultural fraternity of the 

 roimtry have something at stake and will, directly or in- 

 (lirt«lly, gain or lose something according to whether it 

 is or is not a success. So it behooves all who can to 

 extend such support as is in their power to this supreme 

 elTort of their fellow-liorticiiUiirists in the great 

 metropolis. Even if it does entail some sacrifice, make 

 nil (\\hibit in one or the other department, competitive 

 or trade, and when it comes your turn to look for sup- 

 porters and allies you will iind that New York will not 

 forget* her friends. 



The American Carnation Society 



The carna- showed wisdom in selecting Cleveland 



tlon meeting j,s the place for its mid-winter meeting 



and exhibition this year. It is very 

 centrally located for a large territory in which carnation 

 culture is can-ied on extensively and there can be no 

 question of a splendid exhibition, with a good sprinkling 

 of interesting novelties. We hope our readers will note 

 what President Brown of the American Carnation 

 Society has to say on another page of this paper. 

 HoKTi CULTURE recognizes in the instituting of table 

 decorations to demonstrate the decorative qualities of the 

 new varieties and the abilities of the Cleveland retail 

 florists, an innovation of double significance and far- 

 reaching eft'ect. It is in line with what Horticulture 

 has preached incessantly for years, as our readers know. 

 As to Cleveland's part, otherwise, in the meeting, the 

 florists of that city have on all such occasions shown 

 fine proficiency in the preparatory arrangements and in 

 the art of entertaining their visitors. We expect to see a 

 large and (iithusiaslie meeting and a nuicli needed liberal 

 addition of new young blood to the membership list thif 

 year. 



i'. E. Palmer's communication on the 

 The gardener status of the so-called "private" gar- 

 In the S. A. F. dener, which appears in this issue, 

 brings to the front an old vexed ques- 

 tion but. although quite in accord with Mr. Palmers 

 ideas on the subject, we doubt if much will be gained by 

 its discussion now. As to the intent of the founders of 

 the S. A. F. it will only be necessary to quote from the 

 original prospectus the following: 



"Who are eligible — All Florists— professional or ama- 

 teur — Gardeners, Seedsmen. Nurserymen. Superintendents 

 of Parks. Manufacturers of Heating Apparatus. Greenhouse 

 Builders and Dealers in Florists' Supplies in the United 

 States and Canada shall be eligible to membership in this 

 Society." 



Broad enough surely. As to how this principle has 

 been carried out, a reference to the records will show 

 that non-commercial gardeners have been, in proportion 

 to their small representation on the membership list, 

 repeatedly honored with positions of official responsi- 

 bility ami on the programs of speakers and one of their 

 number is this year the honored president of the 

 Society. As Mr. Palmer rightly claims, the influence of 

 the S. A. F. has at all times been exerted on lines of 

 usefulness to the common welfare and all the craft, 

 whether rommercial or non-commercial, are co-bene- 

 ficiaries in whatever the national society has achieved 

 for the advancement of horticulture in America. 



